37 - 100
Flavius Josephus (; Greek: Ἰώσηπος, Iṓsēpos; c. AD 37 – c. 100) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josephus has received more than 3,721,785 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Josephus is the 8th most popular historian, the 23rd most popular biography from Israel (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Historian.
Josephus is most famous for being a Jewish historian and writer. He is best known for writing the Jewish War, Antiquities of the Jews, and Against Apion.
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Among historians, Josephus ranks 8 out of 339. Before him are Ibn Khaldun, Thucydides, Xenophon, Tacitus, Livy, and Sima Qian. After him are Polybius, Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Thomas Kuhn, and Manetho.
1332 - 1406
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 2
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 3
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
54 - 120
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 5
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 6
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 7
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 8
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 9
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 10
1805 - 1859
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 12
1922 - 1996
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 13
201 BC - Present
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 14
Among people born in 37, Josephus ranks 2. Before him is Nero. Among people deceased in 100, Josephus ranks 6. Before him are Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Joseph, John the Apostle, Mary Magdalene, and Bartholomew the Apostle. After him are Saint Anne, Elizabeth, Salome, Zechariah, John the Evangelist, and Zacchaeus.
100 BC - 100
HPI: 91.17
Rank: 1
100 BC - 100
HPI: 83.76
Rank: 2
6 - 100
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 3
10 BC - 100
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 4
100 BC - 100
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 5
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 6
100 BC - 100
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 7
100 BC - 100
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
14 - 100
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 9
90 BC - 100
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 10
10 - 100
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 11
50 - 100
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 12
Among people born in Israel, Josephus ranks 23 out of 430. Before him are Mary Magdalene (-10), Bartholomew the Apostle (-100), Thomas the Apostle (1), Daniel (-690), Ezekiel (-621), and Isaiah (-800). After him are Jude the Apostle (15), Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), Ariel Sharon (1928), Salome (14), Simon the Zealot (1), and Yitzhak Rabin (1922).
10 BC - 100
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 17
100 BC - 100
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 18
1 - 72
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 19
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 20
621 BC - 569 BC
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 21
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 22
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 23
15 - 70
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 24
1161 - 1185
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 25
1928 - 2014
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 26
14 - 100
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 27
1 - 107
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 28
1922 - 1995
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 29
Among historians born in Israel, Josephus ranks 1. After him are Procopius (500), William of Tyre (1130), Yuval Noah Harari (1976), Sextus Julius Africanus (160), Tom Segev (1945), and Benny Morris (1948).
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 1
500 - 560
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 2
1130 - 1186
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 3
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 4
160 - 240
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 7